#EBE166#EBE166

#EBE166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.144 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EBE166
RGB	rgb(235, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 56.6%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -11.82, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 61.33, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0364 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.144 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5865, 72.4740, 23.2072)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EBE166 #6670EB

analogous

#EB9E66 #EBE166 #B2EB66

triadic

#EBE166 #66EBE1 #E166EB

tetradic

#EBE166 #66EB9E #6670EB #EB66B2

square

#EBE166 #66EB9E #6670EB #EB66B2

split-complementary

#EBE166 #66B2EB #9E66EB

monochromatic

#BEB119 #E4D630 #EBE166 #F2EC9C #F9F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EBE166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#EBE166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EBE166

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EBE166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EBE166	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ebe166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.144 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea96',
    500: '#ebe166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ebe166;
$custom-light: #f4ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ebe166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 76.879,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89416,
    "c": 0.14408,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EBE166

secondary

#3943BD

accent

#1CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EBE166

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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